callable

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adjective

That can be called.

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Meanings

adjectivecallable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingThat can be called.

    The list of server tasks is a compromise between only one task for all remotely callable subprograms and one task for each remotely callable subprogram.

    1989, Angel Alvarez, Ada: The Design Choice
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    Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates.

    2010, Trey Nash, Accelerated C# 2010, page xxvi
  2. not comparablebusinessThat may be redeemed by its holder before it matures.
nouncallable (plural callables)

plural callables

  1. computingAn object of a type that can be called, such as a function.

    The ctypes module can be used to create Python callables that wrap around arbitrary memory addresses.

    2013, David Beazley, Brian K. Jones, Python Cookbook: Recipes for Mastering Python 3
  2. businessA callable bond.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivesubject to a demand for payment before due date

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gels-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  3. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  5. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  6. Old Englishceallian
  7. Old English*callian
  8. Middle Englishcallen
  9. Englishcall
  10. Englishcallable

From call + -able.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callable.

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